Writing in Software Development - Softcover

Stavely, Allan M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0983039402 ISBN 13: 9780983039402

Publisher: New Mexico Tech Press, 2011

Synopsis

If you are a working programmer or a programming student, writing is a skill that you can't neglect. Writing is part of any software project, and good writing skills will make you more effective as a software developer.

Writing can enhance your career prospects, too. Sure you can write code to someone else's spec, but what if you got to write the spec? Or the proposal for the project? Writing skills could even help you land your dream job in the first place.

Like no other book on the market, this book talks about writing in all aspects of software development, including:

• design documents
• documentation in the code and vice versa
• writing for review
• requirements and specifications
• the vision statement, project proposal and project history
• webs of electronic documents

This book tells you how to craft all these kinds of writing to make them as effective as they can be.

About this title

About the Author

Allan M. Stavely's career in software spans more than 35 years in education (Computer Science, New Mexico Tech), industry (IBM and HP in the US and UK), consulting, and writing. He is the author of Toward Zero-Defect Programming(Addison Wesley Longman) and Programming and Mathematical Thinking: A Gentle Introduction Featuring Python (The New Mexico Tech Press). Contact him at al@nmt.edu

Edition details

• Publisher: New Mexico Tech Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0983039402
• ISBN 13: 9780983039402
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240